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Beyblade The Movie - Fierce Battle

Beyblade The Movie - Fierce Battle, known in Japan as Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Fierce Battle!! Takao VS Daichi, is the franchise's first film, released August 17, 2002. The Bladebreakers' vacation is interrupted by Daichi Sumeragi's rematch obsession and mysterious Beybladers claiming to be Dark Spirits, who possess Daichi and threaten the world with Dark Bit-Beasts until Tyson, Max, Ray, and Kai step in to save him.

What to know

  • First Beyblade franchise film, followed later by 2010's Metal Fight Beyblade The Movie: VS The Sun - Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader.
  • Cast includes Motoko Kumai/Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin as Tyson, Ai Orikasa/Gage Knox as Max, Aya Hisakawa/Daniel DeSanto as Ray, and Urara Takanao/David Reale as Kai (Japanese/English).
  • Aired in Japan before the G-Revolution anime's original broadcast run, while its English dub followed only after the American G-Revolution run had already aired.
  • A manga tie-in chapter introduced the film in Japan; its English translation only appeared later, in the final VIZ manga volume.

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  • This is the only appearance of Daichi shown alongside the other characters in their V-Force character designs.